Tropical Slaw w/ Papaya Chia Dressing – Paleo & Whole 30

I don’t know about you guys, but when it’s hot and sticky outside, I’m all about light and fresh foods that can be thrown together fast! This Tropical Slaw with Papaya Chia Dressing fits the bill on so many levels!

This tropical slaw also wins at all the things for being gorgeously colorful! In fact, the ingredients are so vibrant and beautiful that I don’t even mind the few minutes it takes to chop them.

Just looking at this tropical slaw makes me happy! And of course, where there is color, there are lots of vitamins and antioxidants as well!

Don’t you feel healthier already? 👊 👍🏻 💃

If you’re on keto and restricting your carbs to less than 20g net per day, then this recipe may not be for you since it has mango, pineapple, and papaya in it. Even so, in small amounts you can fit some in (5g net carbs for half a cup,) and it’s so delicious and refreshing that I recommend making room for some of this delicious slaw in your carb budget if you can!

Otherwise, try my delicious and sooper dooper easy keto broccoli slaw recipe – it’s just as refreshing and satisfying, but with a lot less carbs (only 2g net per serving!)

This delicious Tropical Slaw is dairy free, egg free, and nut free, not to mention Vegan, Paleo and even Whole 30 approved! With less than 100 calories per serving, it just gets better and better amiright?!?!? 💯 🏆 ✨

The dressing is creamy and thick from the addition of the chia seeds, which are also extremely good for you! Low in carbs and high in Omega 3’s, vitamins and antioxidants, chia seeds can also help regulate insulin levels – and they work great as a thickener!

That being said, if you have an allergy to chia seeds or just don’t like them, they aren’t essential to the recipe so you can definitely leave them out.

As if you needed more reasons to make this delicious slaw recipe, you should also know that because it doesn’t contain eggs or dairy, it keeps really well and can even be transported and held safely for a few hours at room temperature for parties and picnics!

Bonus points for not poisoning all of your friends with Salmonella. 🙌

The bottom line is – this is a healthy, delicious and easy slaw recipe that works great all summer long as a side dish to all of your grilled meat, poultry, fish or even vegetarian main dishes.

I’ll be posting a yummy BBQ Chicken Meatball recipe next week that I served with this slaw, and Mr. Hungry swears it was one of my best combos yet – so stay tuned for that!

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Delicious! The ginger really makes it sing! I also tried half the recipe using my standard dressing of a mix of mostly plain yogurt with about 1 heaping tablespoon of mayo, plus cider vinegar, and also added in the ginger. This was also very yummy. The slaw also makes the perfect complement to your buffalo wings, and the tropical sweetness balances the hot sauce nicely – you should put links back and forth between them :-).

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